REVIEW: Ain’t Too Proud: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? Arts Dance Music Theatre by Brian Bix - June 29, 2022June 30, 2022 Harrell Holmes Jr., Elijah Ahmad Lewis, Jalen Harris, Marcus Paul James, and James T. Lane star as The Temptations in the musical Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, which opened Tuesday night at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. When measuring records sold and overall artistic influence, The
INTERVIEW: The Temptations and Questions With Harrel Holmes Jr Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Harrell Holmes Jr., Elijah Ahmad Lewis, Jalen Harris, Marcus Paul James, and James T. Lane in the National Touring Company of Ain’t Too Proud, opening tonight at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Emilio Madrid. The touring Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The
NEWS: Ordway Announces Inaugural GreenRoom Fellowship Cohort Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - June 22, 2022 The logo for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts' new GreenRoom fellowship features a stylized double "G" against a backdrop of digital graffitti. The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today its inaugural GreenRoom musical theater training fellowship recipients. These 10 artists, selected through a competitive application process,
INTERVIEW: Playwright Kate Hamill’s New Emma at the Guthrie Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Wurtele Thrust Stage at the Guthrie Theater. Photo by Gallop Studios. This Saturday, previews begin at the Guthrie Theater for Emma. This new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic 1815 novel about a would-be matchmaker in Regency Era England is penned by actor-playwright Kate Hamill, who has made something of a
REVIEW: Power and Privilege in A Raisin in the Sun (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Dan Reiva - May 22, 2022May 26, 2022 What would you if someone offered you money to abandon your dreams – and was racist? In A Raisin in the Sun, now playing at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Karl Lindner (Terry Hempleman) offers to buy out the Younger family (James T. Alfred as Walter Lee Younger, Nubia Monks as Beneatha Younger,
REVIEW: Falling in Love at the Moulin Rouge (Orpheum/HTT) Arts Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 The cast of the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Welcome to the Moulin Rouge. Moulin Rouge! The Musical, that is – now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. This award-winning production is jam-packed with amazing talent, beautiful music, and stunning choreography. From glittering costumes
INTERVIEW: Amy Quanbeck and Being a Minnesotan in the Moulin Rouge Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Conor Ryan (as Christian) and Courtney Reed (as Satine) star in the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, which opens at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis next week. Photo by Matthew Murphy. On May 18, 2001, a film called Moulin Rouge opened at the North American box office. Directed and
FEATURE: Strumming a Richer Tune at DalekoArts in Once Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - May 7, 2022May 14, 2022 Singer-actor-dancer-instrumentalists Leslie Vincent (left) and Chris Paulson (right) star in DalekoArts' production of Once, now playing in New Prague, MN. Photo courtesy of DalekoArts. "Write what you know." It's one of the most common pieces of advice given to poets, novelists, songwriters, and other wielders of writing. To that, one might
PHOTOS: Open Window Theatre’s Leaving Iowa Arts Theatre by Amy Donahue - May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 The cast of Open Window Theatre's production of Leaving Iowa, which opened April 29 in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Photo by Kayla Ninnemann. There is a great population reshuffling going on in the United States. In 2020 and 2021, numerous households fled the big cities for larger in-door spaces and outdoor
PREVIEW: The Return of the Spotlight Showcase (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 A promotional image for the Hennepin Theatre Trust's Spotlight Education Spotlight Showcase event. The Spotlight Showcase, Minnesota high school theater’s biggest night, returns to the historic State Theatre in Minneapolis this June. This two-evening affair organized by the Hennepin Theatre Trust unites high school theater students from across the state for